Headteacher's Message
It has been a very successful week for Waldegrave on the sports front and I want to congratulate all our pupils who took part in the Senior Borough Sports event at St Mary’s University on Wednesday. Our team did very well with 11 medals and our Year 7 team taking second place for overall girls team performance across the whole of the Richmond Borough. A very well done to them all and to captain Daisy G, 9EDA, for their efforts. I urge you all to read the Sports Fixtures section to see our full list of results and photos from the event.
The week has not all been about sport and on Monday our Year 12 Physics students took a fascinating trip to Imperial College where they learned about studying the subject at University as well as taking a look at the projects first year undergraduates are working on.
On Tuesday we welcomed in our new parents for a Year 6 Induction Evening where we outlined the induction process ahead of their young people joining our community in September. This event was very well attended and it was lovely to meet all the new parents.
Our English students in Year 12 went to Keats House on Wednesday to learn about this incredible poet’s life. It was a fascinating trip which will have brought his poetry to life as they studied one of the key texts from their curriculum.
The Year 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh pupils who had already completed their practice assessment last week headed to Ashdown Forest in Sussex on Thursday. I am pleased to say they braved the British Summer weather with smiles on their faces and have completed their final expedition today. Well done to them all and we wish better weather for our second group heading out on their practice next week!
We finished the week with a few different inspiring careers events for students. On Thursday our Year 10s had a post-16 options evening which was led by Mr Bannister our Head of Sixth Form. The event covered both A-levels, apprenticeships and other alternatives for further education. Our Year 12s also had the opportunity to attend a World Of Work Conference, with seven students attending this event at Birkberk University to consider a variety of career options. Finally today we had an excellent speaker from University College London come in to speak to students from across the school about the healthcare sector and also studying at UCL. This talk was another of our Working Lunch series, where pupils are invited to bring their lunch to the main hall at lunchtime to listen to a careers focused talk. Thank you so much to Ishana Atkinson for coming in and sharing her knowledge with us.
